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🗃️ Tyler Austin Harper’s insane Andrew Mellon Foundation hit piece, which of course @theatlantic.com was happy to print, has rightfully pissed off everyone in the Humanities.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has become the country’s preeminent funder of humanities research, Tyler Austin Harper writes. Is it saving American arts and letters—or killing them?
What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education?
Its role as the country’s preeminent funder of humanities research has granted the foundation—and its president—enormous influence over American arts and letters.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🗃️ Tyler Austin Harper’s insane Andrew Mellon Foundation hit piece, which of course @theatlantic.com was happy to print, has rightfully pissed off everyone in the Humanities.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
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geeze, it's almost as if it's utter nonsense, just like 10000 other investigations over 25+ years have shown.
risk years in prison for no reward whatsoever? 🙄
no one does it?🙄
weird! 🤣🤣🤣
risk years in prison for no reward whatsoever? 🙄
no one does it?🙄
weird! 🤣🤣🤣
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
geeze, it's almost as if it's utter nonsense, just like 10000 other investigations over 25+ years have shown.
risk years in prison for no reward whatsoever? 🙄
no one does it?🙄
weird! 🤣🤣🤣
risk years in prison for no reward whatsoever? 🙄
no one does it?🙄
weird! 🤣🤣🤣
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Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
February 7, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
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On a platter, my Liege
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
On a platter, my Liege
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
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Redistricting between censuses and gerrymandering for political gain sucks and should be ended but FAFO.
VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Redistricting between censuses and gerrymandering for political gain sucks and should be ended but FAFO.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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Black history was erased from schools and books, so communities shared our stories themselves. Negro History Week grew into a movement long before it was official.
Progress came because people organized, resisted, and fought for better.
Progress came because people organized, resisted, and fought for better.
February 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Black history was erased from schools and books, so communities shared our stories themselves. Negro History Week grew into a movement long before it was official.
Progress came because people organized, resisted, and fought for better.
Progress came because people organized, resisted, and fought for better.
“agriculture consumes the overwhelming majority of the river’s water. Roughly 70 to 80 percent of Colorado River water goes to irrigation... not all agricultural practices make sense in a desert“
nicholasmonck.medium.com/its-time-for...
nicholasmonck.medium.com/its-time-for...
It’s Time for a New Compact — Before Colorado Pays the Price
For more than a century, the Colorado River Compact has been treated as untouchable — an almost sacred document that stitched together the…
nicholasmonck.medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
“agriculture consumes the overwhelming majority of the river’s water. Roughly 70 to 80 percent of Colorado River water goes to irrigation... not all agricultural practices make sense in a desert“
nicholasmonck.medium.com/its-time-for...
nicholasmonck.medium.com/its-time-for...
“It isn’t built on long-term institutions, and the three rulers who have changed the behaviour of the US, China and Russia are septuagenarians”.
@SimonKuperFT: "Any politician still invoking “the international community” or calling the US an “ally” is either a liar or hasn’t been paying attention."
www.ft.com/content/fcb5...
www.ft.com/content/fcb5...
The ‘Little West’ takes on the new world order
Terrified into co-operation by outside threats, a surprisingly solid bloc is emerging
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 AM
“It isn’t built on long-term institutions, and the three rulers who have changed the behaviour of the US, China and Russia are septuagenarians”.
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Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
“$175 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, which is about $520 per American, including $75 billion for ICE. And that’s on top of the agency’s $11 billion annual budget”.
www.levernews.com/why-america-...
www.levernews.com/why-america-...
Why America Spends Billions Policing Immigrants — And Pennies Policing Corporations
From Minneapolis to Davos, the state shows who it polices — and who it protects.
www.levernews.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“$175 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, which is about $520 per American, including $75 billion for ICE. And that’s on top of the agency’s $11 billion annual budget”.
www.levernews.com/why-america-...
www.levernews.com/why-america-...
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While the Trump administration is forcing the National Park Service to remove mentions of slavery from George Washington’s house, sites like the Legacy Museum in Montgomery continue to tell the story of enslavement in a direct, uncompromised way, making clear the connection between past and present.
Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail
Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
While the Trump administration is forcing the National Park Service to remove mentions of slavery from George Washington’s house, sites like the Legacy Museum in Montgomery continue to tell the story of enslavement in a direct, uncompromised way, making clear the connection between past and present.
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This video is now banned for US users on Tik Tok.
The platform has fallen to the regime.
And this is EXACTLY the kind of footage they DON’T want US citizens to see.
The platform has fallen to the regime.
And this is EXACTLY the kind of footage they DON’T want US citizens to see.
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This video is now banned for US users on Tik Tok.
The platform has fallen to the regime.
And this is EXACTLY the kind of footage they DON’T want US citizens to see.
The platform has fallen to the regime.
And this is EXACTLY the kind of footage they DON’T want US citizens to see.
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NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Banks decrying proposed credit card interest rate caps are paying depositors 0.1% interest & then getting paid 5% just for putting those depositors' money at the Fed - all while those banks charge borrowers 7% interest for mortgages & 25% interest for credit cards.
Think about that.
Think about that.
January 23, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Banks decrying proposed credit card interest rate caps are paying depositors 0.1% interest & then getting paid 5% just for putting those depositors' money at the Fed - all while those banks charge borrowers 7% interest for mortgages & 25% interest for credit cards.
Think about that.
Think about that.
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We're sick of hypocritical political leaders. Join us if you want to elect better Democrats (who don't own and trade defense stocks) secure.actblue.com/donate/comms...
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
We're sick of hypocritical political leaders. Join us if you want to elect better Democrats (who don't own and trade defense stocks) secure.actblue.com/donate/comms...
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In a note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, President Donald Trump blamed Norway for not awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize and linked that with his interest in obtaining "complete and total control of Greenland."
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January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
In a note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, President Donald Trump blamed Norway for not awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize and linked that with his interest in obtaining "complete and total control of Greenland."
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Florida’s 2026 legislative session is underway and so is the fight to protect our democracy. From redistricting battles to election bills that threaten access, what happens this session will shape whose voices are heard and whose are silenced.
floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/13/a...
floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/13/a...
Advocacy organizations gear up for redistricting fight, regular session election bills • Florida Phoenix
Voter identification and congressional redistricting stand chief among concerns voiced by advocacy organizations in the state as the 2026 legislative session gets underway. Members of 11 organization...
floridaphoenix.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Florida’s 2026 legislative session is underway and so is the fight to protect our democracy. From redistricting battles to election bills that threaten access, what happens this session will shape whose voices are heard and whose are silenced.
floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/13/a...
floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/13/a...
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WATCH— @niallstanage.bsky.social : “It’s surely better for 🇺🇸 democracy that people protest a government agent shooting someone in the head than to be docile or acquiescent to those kinds of actions.”
January 12, 2026 at 5:13 AM
WATCH— @niallstanage.bsky.social : “It’s surely better for 🇺🇸 democracy that people protest a government agent shooting someone in the head than to be docile or acquiescent to those kinds of actions.”
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The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.